Using the tonalities of
Son , determined in the 30s, with guitar, tres (small guitar with three
double strings), double-bass, brass and percussion, their compositions and
their covers of little known pieces reveal great originality, stemming from
exuberance and modernity.

LBL6581

BADAULT/SPRANG-HANSSEN

EKWATA

31.07.97

Pianist, composer,
arranger, orchestra conductor, Denis Badault is a man for any experience.

LBL6607

BALDWIN, JAMES/DAVID LINX

A LOVER'S QUESTION

02.12.99

Wonderful teller and singer
of his own texts. A calm and striking voice defending the cause of black
Americans. Much more than a jazz record, " A lover s question " is
a successful alchemy of music and poetry.

LBL6510

BANDE A BADAULT

VACANCES AU SOLEIL

13.01.97

LBLC6631

BARTHELEMY, CLAUDE

SEREINE

23.05.02

At once proclaimed the
quickest guitarist of the planet, when entering the avant-garde jazz world,
he can also show an amazing subtlety on slow rhythms.

LBL6613

BATTISTA, STEFANO DI

VOLARE

26.01.98

Young saxophonist has
figured out how to impose the ardor and virtuosity of his playing in the most
diverse of contexts, to the point of being considered today as one of the
surest values of contemporary European jazz.

LBLC6611

BENITA, MICHEL

LOWER THE WALLS

16.09.99

Michel Benita has already
covered an impressing route. Lee Konitz, Martial Solal, Joshua Redman, Roy
Haynes or Enzo Enzo are among the numerous musicians who have been seeking
his pure, clear and simple bass sound.

As a tenor saxophonist and
composer, Bergonzi asserts himself further on this date with a quintet of
established players. Trumpeter Tiger Okoshi forms a good partnership with
'Gonz up front, while the dazzling piano pyrotechnics of Joachim Kuhn, the
solid bass playing of Dave Santoro, and the very able drumming of Daniel
Humair give the leader quite a foundation from which to work. All eight cuts,
save one, are neo-boppish, modern, mainstream vehicles written by Bergonzi,
and they express a quick-witted, head-solo-tail written format which, for the
most part, swings pretty hard.

2-CD: Bassist with a sturdy
background, a round and warm sound, Patrice Caratini is maybe before all an
exceptional orchestra inventor-conceiver.

LBL6623

CASINI, BARBARA/ENRICO RAVA

VENTO

20.04.00

LBL6567

CELEA, J.P./COUTURIER, F./
KUBLER, F.

PASSAGGIO

13.01.97

Bass, Piano, Bass
(Acoustic)/ Synthesizer, Piano/ Vocals

LBL6597

CELEA/LIEBMAN/REISINGER

MISSING A PAGE

10.05.99

LBL6592

CELEA/LEIBMAN/REISINGER

WORLD VIEW

17.02.97

LBLC6653

COLEMAN, STEVE

ON THE RISING OF THE 64
PATHS

10.04.03

One of the greatest
Afro-American musicians (Sax) of the past 20 years

LBLC6643

COLEMAN, STEVE & FIVE
ELE

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

23.05.02

2-CD: Three ballades (Easy
living, Straight ahead and Beyond all we know) played with simplicity by a
piano-saxophone duo constitute one of the big surprises of this album.

LBL6543

COUTURIER, FRANCOIS

PASSAGGIO

31.07.97

LBLC2575

D'GARY

AKATA MESO

22.05.02

One of the most astonishing
international guitarists, a musician sought after by guitar enthusiasts the
world over for his unheard-of playing style and his wild open-tunings.

LBL6584

DONATO, MICHEL/ARVANITAS,

MAREE BASS..E

13.01.97

Bassist

LBL6531

DUCRET, MARC

GRIS

13.01.97

Guitar w/Enrico Rava-Trumpet/ Francois Jeanneau-Sax (Soprano)/...

LBL6519

DUCRET, MARC

LE KODO

13.01.97

1988 Recordings

LBL6508

DUCRET, MARC -TRIO-

LA THEORIE DU PILIER

13.01.97

1987 Recordings

LBLC6581

EKWATA

DUO

05.12.95

LBL6553

EMLER, ANDY

HEAD GAMES

13.01.97

Turbulent pianist, fond of
big bands, does not hesitate to draw his sound material from as various
repertoires as the Basque, Danish, Tibetan, rock, funk or jazz traditions.

LBLC2548

FRIMIN VIRY

TI MARDE

31.12.99

In La Reunion, Firmin is
known as the man who came to the rescue of Maloya, the traditional Creole
music, whose survival was seriously menaced by a heavy and partisan
assimilation by the state, as, incidentally, for the other oral traditions.
Firmin has conserved the total instrumental transmission.

LBLC6547

GALLIANO, RICHARD

NEW MUSETTE

13.01.97

Learning to play accordion
in his early age, Galliano started improvising and adapting accordion to jazz
music under the influence of Miles Davis sessions Birth of the Cool and Max
Roach s and Clifford Brown s hard bop.

LBLC6500

GOYONE, DANIEL

2

13.01.97

He is one of these
composers who venture off the beaten track with a particular taste for the
unknown. While remaining highly discreet, Daniel Goyone unceasingly invents
and rebuilds his own language, freeing himself from usually applied harmonic
and rhythmic structures.

LBLC6600

GOYONE, DANIEL

HAUTE MER

29.03.99

LBL6550

GOYONE, DANIEL

LUEURS BLEUES

13.01.97

Piano w/Trilok Gurtu-Drums/ Richard Galliano-Accordion, Bandoneon/...

LBL6580

GOYONE, DANIEL

IL Y A DE L'ORANGE DANS LE
BLEU

27.04.95

LBL6561

HERVE, ANTOINE -TRIO-

FLUIDE

11.04.95

LBL6563

HODEIR, ANDRE

ANNA LIVIA PLURABELLE

13.01.97

Composer, Arranger

LBL6545

HUMAIR, DANIEL

EDGES

13.01.97

The dean of Europe s modern
jazz drummers has been one of the International jazz community s most
respected and active musicians since the late 5O's.

LBL6619

HUMAIR, DANIEL

QUATRE FOIS TROIS

10.11.97

2-CD

LBL6530

HUMAIR/JEANNEAU/TEXIER

UP DATE 3.3

13.01.97

LBLC6630

INNOCENT X

HAUT/BAS

17.10.02

Trio, mystical quotation
for a funny band, a drum player for two guitars and an absolutely
unclassifiable music. Pierre Fruchard and Etienne Bonhomme constitute the
framework of this papal triptych: behind these patronymics are hiding the
two shotfirers who set in fire Natalia M.King s album and concerts, one of
last year s rock music revelations.

LBLC2573

JAOJOBY

AZA ARIANAO

22.05.02

Jaojoby is one of the
founders of Salegy, and is without a doubt it s most famous interpreter.

" Shotfirer "
with Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa, composer of the two hits in Jeff
Buckley s album (Grace and Mojo Pin), Gary Lucas is particularly a guitarist
easily recognizable through his phrasing and sound.

LBL6572

MACHADO, JEAN-MARIE

BLANCHES ET NOIRES

13.01.97

Pianist, he is one of the
most inventive jazz musicians of his generation.

LBLC6662

MAGIC MALIK

00-237 XP-1

27.02.03

2-CD: Magic Malik is a
precious musician whose name is known by few, yet most people have already
caught a strain of his music and a glimpse of his silhouette, always topped
off by a woolly hat and prolonged by a flute.

LBLC6632

MAGIC MALIK ORCHESTRA

MAGIC MALIK

13.06.02

LBL6551

MARCOTULLI, RITA

NIGHT CALLER

13.01.97

Accomplished Italian
pianist, arranger and composer.

LBLC6601

MARCOTULLI, RITA

WOMAN NEXT DOOR

25.05.98

LBL6610

MARGUET, CHRISTOPHE -QUAR

LES CORRESPONDANCES

04.05.00

LBL6582

MARQUET, CHRISTOPHE

RESISTANCE POETIQUE

26.03.97

LBLC2577

MOSALINI, JUAN JOSE

CIUDAD TRISTE

15.01.02

Juan José Mosalini
is known in Europe as the ambassador of the living tango, in other words, one
of the rarest bandoneon players able to give life to the tango under all its
forms and representations, from the origins to the present day.

LBLC2522

MOSALINI/AGRI QUINTET

MOSALINI/AGRI QUINTET

22.05.02

LBLC2583

MOSALINI/GIECO

ALLER RETOUR (EN CONCERT)

22.05.02

LBLC2543

NZIE, ANNE-MARIE

BEZA BA DZO

08.03.99

World, At 67 years old,
Anne-Marie Nzié, the Voice of Gold, the Queen Mother of Bikutsi, the
fetish singer of several generations of Cameroonians, is at the height of her
art.

LBL6549

PADOVANI, J.M.

MINGUS CHERNAVACA

13.01.97

His saxophone just as well
to the paso-doble or the Flamenco, as to a more classic jazz, alongside
musicians such as Barthélemy or Texier, played in quartets or
quintets.

On this session, Michel
Portal is featured with an eclectic and impressive crew from different
backgrounds, generations, and nationalities. Two rising figures of the French
scene (pianist Bojan Zulfikarpasic and bassist Bruno Chevillon), two American
stars (bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Joey Baron), and German trumpeter
Markus Stockhausen, son of composer Karlheinz, join forces to create
stimulating music.

Trombone, The band's
off-tempo take on Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" is worth a listen, as is
their Morphine-like rendition of Nirvana's "Smell's Like Teen
Spirit." But these tunes feel like tossed-off jokes meant to attract
attention and they get tiresome quickly. The unit's version of Burt
Bacharach's "Land of Make Believe," on the other hand, is poignant
and sticky sweet in all the good ways. Roseman also throws in some Sun Ra,
Marvin Gaye, the Beatles, and other tunes to cover all his influences.
Original Release 2001 CD Enja 9392 & 2001 CD Knitting Factory 303

Cellist for all fields with
Mathieu Chédid, Dick Annegarn, Nana Vasconcelos, Susheela Raman,
Blackalicious or Elvis Costello, Vincent Segal is one of the most elusive
musicians of his generation. Bumcello, his duo with the drummer Cyril Atef,
hustled all French stages for the past three years.

LBL6583

SHEPPARD, ANDY

INCLASSIFICABLE

24.07.95

Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano),
Flute

LBL2576

SISSOKO, BALLAKE

DELI

19.10.00

Ten fingers for twenty-one
strings, and magic takes place, surely, calmly. Ballaké Sissoko
enlaces us in his suave and crystalline sonority and his kora, magnified by
his talent as a melodist and an improviser.

LBL2520

SUPER RAIL BAND DE BAMAKO

MANSA

18.03.96

Savannah Blues to urban
Manding rock.

LBL6540

TEXIER TRIO

SCENE IS CLEAN

13.01.97

Aldo Romano-Drums/ Henri Texier-Bass/ Alain Jean-Marie-Piano

LBL6558

TEXIER, H. -AZUR QUARTET-

AN INDIAN WEEK

13.01.97

LBL6648

TEXIER, HENRI

AZUR QUINTET

07.11.02

2-CD: Like his double bass,
Henri Texier is a pillar, a landmark within European jazz.

LBLC6525

TEXIER, HENRI -QUARTET-

HENRI TEXIER QUARTET

13.01.97

LBL658889

TEXIER, HENRI

IZLAZ & COLONEL SKOPJE

11.03.96

2-CD: Vocals, Percussion,
Bass

LBL6525

TEXIER, HENRI

LA COMPANERA

04.08.97

1983 Recordings

LBL6506

TEXIER, HENRI

PARIS BATIGNOLLES

27.03.97

1986 Recordings Live

LBL6638

TEXIER, HENRI

REMPARTS D'ARGILE

18.01.01

LBLC6612

TEXIER, HENRI

RESPECT

22.05.02

This quintet set (which
features altoist Lee Konitz, valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer and drummer Paul
Motian), the instrumentation (with includes both Henri Texier's acoustic bass
and Steve Swallow's electric bass), and the fresh repertoire (two songs apiece
from each of the five musicians), it is surprising to realize that this is
essentially a straight-ahead bop date.

Italian tenor saxophonist
has chosen three partners with a similar approach, in which the general
result is more important than each soloist's particularities.

LBLC2580

TOUNKARA, DJELIMADY

SIGUI

23.05.02

2-CD: is the "guitar
hero" of modern Malian music. Using tradition as his inspiration, he has
modernized and adapted to the guitar the kora and ngoni - instruments that
have for centuries accompanied the great Mandigue eras.

LBLC2524

TRAORE, ROKIA

MOUNEISSA

04.05.98

Twenty-seven years old and
is already recognized as one of the greatest voices in all of Africa today.
She comes to us from Mali, from Bamako.

This recording from the
West African tours of the Romano/Sclavis/Texier trio in the early '90s is one
in a series of three. That this band played in Africa and was documented by
photographer Guy LeQuerrec (who suggested the tour to the various African arts
councils in the first place, and is credited here with playing
"Leica") was remarkable in and of itself.

LBL2539/40

V/A

MASA MUSIC FROM AFRICA

14.09.98

2-CD

LBL6585

V/A

PALATINO

05.02.96

LBL2512

V/A

URBAN HIGHLIGHTS

13.01.97

From the streets of
Johannesburg to the dancing clubs of Buenos Aires, from Tango to Maloya,
music from all over the world is present on this album, which brings together
the best artists.

LBL6526

V/A

VIOLENTO

13.01.97

LBL6512

WATSON/LACY/LINDBERG

AMIENS CONCERT

13.01.97

1987 Recordings

LBL6535

WATSON/LINDBERG

MEMORY OF WATER

13.01.97

Modern Creative, Neo-Bop

LBLC6614

ZULFIKARPASIC, BOJAN

KORENI

29.03.99

This name - that of an
outstanding pianist - is like a ray of sunlight shining out over the
Mediterranean Sea, the sea of his childhood in Ex-Yugoslavia, cradle of a
certain culture and music that have never left him since.

LBLC6624

ZULFIKARPASIC, BOJAN

SOLOBSESSION

29.08.02

First solo outing by
pianist Bojan Zulfikarpasic, which is mainly composed of originals, including
a jerky and troubled reprise of the moving "Zulfikar-pacha."